Donnie Darko
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds... that is when the world will end.
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
- Director
- Richard Kelly
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $8M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Donnie Darko actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Donnie Darko appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Time Travel Movies Ranked #8
Placed at #8 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #42
Placed at #42 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #91
Placed at #91 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #237
Placed at #237 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Donnie Darko returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $8M
- Release date
- Jan 19, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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